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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05

GooD MEETING IN BOrEToURT.-A des-
patch to the Lynchburg Vnginian says that
a grand Democratic rally was held at Glade
Creek School, house near the Blue Ridge
Springs, on last Saturday. Gan old Vir.
ginia Brunswick stew was provided, and
the crowd was immense. Speeches were
delivered by Col. Charles T. O'FerralI,
Senator John W. Daniel and Capt. ]. H. a..
Figgatt which aroused the greatest enthusi-
asm. The Fincastle cornet band and the
Vinton cornet band furnished music in
abundance. Capt. Figgatt, the Democratic
nominee, received perfect ovation"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05

We are glad to see that the Temperance
Adrocote is opposed to organizing a prohi-
bitten party in Virginia. There are two
very good reasons why the temperance
question should not be forced into politics.
First, the temperance question demoralzes
politics, aud, second, politics demoraliaes
temperance. / sensible preacher of this
county sud to his people some time age:
'sTake all be religion you can get into poll
tics, but don't drag politics into rengion. y
1t is all We'll enough to have temperance an
temperance principles in politics, but when
the Temperance question goes into politics
as political factor, politics gets no benefit
from tenn perance, and temperance gets
pretty wtil drunk with nolitiGs.-Dag0i1ls
ReQisseg,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05

ORGANIZE FOR VICTORY. AS the
Roanoke Leader says, public speaking is
very well to help rouse the voters; and the
newspapers have their functions to per-
form but all these instrumentalities will fail
if the party is not organized.
Organize, Democrats, and wipe out the
disgrace and defeats of last year, that put
new life and energy into the decaying Ma
hone party. The eyes of all our sister
States of the South are upon Virginia. Dis
appoint them not
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05

PROHIBITION DEREATED.--In speaking
of the defeat of the Prohibition party last
Thursday in Tennessee, the Lynchburg
Ne,cs says -
''This ought to teach our prohibition
friends wholesome lesson. 1t should con-
viEce them that local option and high
license are, aside from moral suasion, the
best weapons they can employ in their
great fight against the evils of intemper-
ance. But instead of profiting by expert
encs, we find some of their fraternity here
in Virginia undertaking to abandon their
ground of vantage by inaugurating a third
party movement which can only result in
disaster. They had better stick to local
option and strengthen it with high license. !"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05

OCAL-OPTION AND PROHIBITION.
Florida has a local option law, aud every
county that has voted on the question since
the law took effect, has voted for prohbi
ton.
This shows that local-option is the right
mode to accomplish prohibition. 1t is mol
only the right mole, bat it is the most eff
fectual. 1t is much better for the temper
ance cause to have local-option and sue.
cess than prohibition with failure. The re.
suits in Texas and Tennessee would have
been different if local option instead Of pro-
hibition had been tried.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05
DUBL1C SALE OF
ID PERSONAL PROPERLY

nUBL1C SALE OF
L PERSONAL PROPERTY.
We will offer at public auction Tat the late
residence of Mrs. G. A. Johnston, decd, on
South River, (nesr Stuart's Draft), on
1htrsdoy, the 18Th day of October, 1887,
the following personal property, viz:
Horses. Il is part Norman). Spring Colt.
D COWS, u being fresh) 10 Young Cattle
10 sheep, Hogs, Four horse Wagon, new
Ewo-horse Wagon. Carriage and Harness. l
Buggy Rake, 2 Combined Reapers and Mowers.
Two. horse Flows, Shovel Plows, Harrows.
L Drill. Sets Harness. Cook Stove, &C. wheat
rye, oats. large quantity or hay, q lot of Ia
bic ware. some chairs and many articles not
necessary to mention
Terms made known on day of sale
Sale to commence at 10 O'Clock
1T. BLACK,
SAM'L r. Prison,
OCT 5-Zt Executors
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05

EXCITEMENT IN LEXINGTON, VA.-One
day last week about midday Russian
bear weighing about 800 lbs, belonging to
Mr.. Newman of that place, broke his fast
enings, and escaping from the lot made hiE
appearance in ths streets, and created great
CONSERVATION and alarm. In q short timss
a number of citizens with'guns commenced
an attack upon him, and killed him. The
Gazette says that Mr.. Newman had his Skin
dressed and meat sold.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05
A Vote for Republican Delegate is Vote
for Malone.

There Is nothing in the future more GER
tain than that vote for a Republican eandi-
date for the Legislature is vote to send Ma
hone back to the United States Senate. He
may say that he is not in favor of Malone
that he would prefer any other Republi-
elected, he would not vote for Malone all
the same. He may say that he wonld moi
agree to go into the Republican caucus to
nominate a candidate for United States
Snate, but will he say and pledge himself
that he will not vote for Malone if he be
nominated in caucus, as he will sure to
be if the Republicans should secure a ma
jority of the Legislature? That is the ques,
tion. Will the candidates to be nominated
by the Republican Convention next Satur.
day, pledge themselves, by open and pub
lie ayowal, that, if elected, they will not
vote for Malone, though he be the nomi-
nee of the Republican caucus-that they
will not vote for him under any circum-
stances. If they shall be unwilling SO to
W. shCh ~ ~ PinA3 thoo my WIN 'oeD iOA
him, if elected, and that vote for them is
vote to give two votes to Malone in the
Legislature. They should be required to
answer the question whether they would
vote for Malone if he be the Republican
nominee, SO that Republicans may know
whether or rot in voting for them they
would be voting to return Malone to the
United States Senate.
Unless they are willing to pledge them
selves not 10 vote for Malone, though be
be the nominee Of the caucus, and not to
vote for him under any circumstances, Re-
publicars who are opposed to Malone
election should not vote for them, for BY so
doing they would be voting to elect Ma
hone, and that they do not wish to do
They should not allow themselves to be
dipped and deceived, but should require an
explicit and public pledge of the candidrt. E
that they will net. under any circumstance s.
vote for Mahone-not simply that they do
not favor Mahone's election and will pot 20
into the nominating caucus.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05

One by ore they fade away. William
Tell never shot al apple eft his sons head;
I4ucrezia Borsia was good. bsitevnleut
woman; Bacon wrote Shakespeare; WeiIiHs-
ton never said "Up, guards, and at 'ers;
and now we are assured there never was a
great wall Of China.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05

The American yacht Volunteer beat the
Scotch yacht Thistle last week III the con
test for the cup, which will remain in
America. This is the eighth time that 1t
has been won by America. The Scotch and
English should remember that the AnerI-
cans are a fast people: and if they wish to
beat them in race of speed, they will have
to "git up and git," as the yankees phrase lts
With more celebrity than they have, as yet,
heen able to do.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05
Stolen Lands.

There are millions of acres of unsettled
lands in the public domain, but not as many
millions as when the Republicans took hold
of the reins of the national government
The extent of the public domain open to
settlement may be lessened in two ways
the one characteristic of the Democratic
party and the other of the Republican. The
Democratic plan is to give to every honest
settler 100 acres as home, while the Re
publican plan is to give to rich corporations
and foreign landlords. To give facts and
figures, during the last twenty-five years
they have insolently invaded the rights OF
settlers by giving to rich railroad corpora-
tions 400. 900, 900 acres of this domain in the
great West, an area that wonld have fur
nished honesteads to 1850 900 tillers of the
soil, and have allowed foreign syndieates to
acquire, in most cases by questionable
area more than twice as large as the whole
extent of Ireland, and have permitted land
barons and SPECTATORS to fraudulently OBJ
tain possession OF tracts ranging from 49,
900 to 500, 600 acres.
The present Democratic administration
has already reclaimed millions of acres
which were unlawfully obtained and open
ed them up to settlement and propo-ed to
reclaim other millions and to put sum-
mary stop to this land robbery, which is at
once disgrace and peril to tie, govern
ment.
Cleveland must be kept in power and en-
couraged by Democratic successes this fall.
So let the hand play and the procession
move on Charlottesville Jefersoniqa
tie present Democratic administration
had done nothing more than to reclaim, as
it has done, millions of acres of the public
lands, it would be entitled to be retained in
power another term. The government and
the psoDls have been made richer by mil
lions of acres of land. In the election of a
Democratic administration, the people
builded better than they knew. They have
found, as Col. Sellers would say, "millions
in It'll orally and truly. Cleveland has
thus saved the people, nGt only millions of
acres of land, but, ir addition, by his veto
of the dependent pension BILL" millions
of dollars.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05

VIOLATION OF L1cENsE-LAw.-The Mou-
roe Co. Watchn,an says that, in the Circuit
Court of Fayette Co., W. Va, james
Hawver was indicted in % cases for viola
ton of lioense law, Irwin Rigg in 1a cases
for same, and counts against many Of the
other indicted parties were piled up in a
similar liberal fashiOn,"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05

Gen. George Crook mas made report OF
the recent troubles with the Indians in
Colorado In which he shows that they were
the victims of repeated expressions by the
whites, who attacked them after truce
had been agreed upon and killed several OF
the Indians.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05
Breakers Ahead.

The Ne,cs published on Sunday an abb
stract of the platform adopted by the pro-
hibition party assembled some days ago in
State Convention at Staunton. We have
said the prohibition party" but perhaps
that expression ought to be qualified, since
it is asserted, and not denied, that it was
only faction of the prohibltionists, con-
yeIed in direct contravention of the ex-
plicit determination of the Grand Lodge of
Good Templars to fight for the cause of
temperance alone and not to intermeddle
with politics. From the character of the
convention at Staunton as indicated in the
platform of principles enunciated, it does
not require extraordinary penetration to
foresee that the prohibitionists of Virginia
are being driven upon dangerous breakers.
What has prohibition in common with the
status of the State debt or with the
management of our educational system by
miscegenation fanatics at the North or
with many other purely political declara-
tions contained in the platform deliverances
of these alleged Temperance reformers at
Stanton We bad supposed that prohi-
bition was great moral issue. At any
rate upon this presumption many Of our
ablest and best ministers have excused
their participation in the controversy from
their pulpits aud upon the stump; and we
have no idea THAI they ever dreamed of
seeing the crusade for temperance convert
ed into political contention on the vari-
GUS subjects that agitate the public mind,
and the determination of which engages
the time and talents of thewisest and best
trained statesmen of the age. And why
should there be third party in Virginia
Have NOT the old pariias dealt fairly with
those of their members who have pro-
nounced prohibition views? Did not the
last General Assembly, in compliance with
the demand made by the temperance .peo-
pie, pass local option law, under which
the fight for prohibition has teen made in
numbers of cases, and can be renewed in
communities where it formerly failed
Have not DEMOCRATS and Republicans alike
worked earnestly for prohibition And if
the united efforts of prohibition members
CT the two old parties are not sufficient to
prevail against the selfish interests of the
saloon and the 'peisonsl liberty view,
how can third party. in open hostility to
the others, he expected to accomplish any
thing? This factional movement at Staun-
ton is delusion and snare. 1t will not
only make shipwreck of temperance, but
will do infinite mischief to the State
Lynchburg Nea0s,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05
KILLED AT KANAwHA FALLs.-On I

KILLED AT KANAwHA FALIs.-O Tues
day of last week, at the Hotel at Kanawha
Falls, W. Va, Elmore Undertake Cool
ored) employed at that Hotel, had a. fight
with Sam. Bell kcolored1 SECOND cook ia
the kitchen, in which Bell stabbed Timber
lake with a carving knife in the left breast,
killing him almost instantly. Bell was ar
rested, and the body of Undertake was
sent to Louisa county IN this State where
his people i've,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05
SALE OF
VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND.

By virtue eta decree Of the Circuit Court of
Augusta county entered on the 23rd day of
June 1886, in the cause of John w. Hemp VS..
Alexander Fountain and Others, I will proceed.
IN front OF the court house. IN the city OF Stasaa-
ton, on
to sell at public auction. that valuable tract of
land situated about one mile southeast of
StauntOn, near the Greenvilse soad, containing
23L ACRES,
adjoining the lands OF James Lohr. r. r. Bag
by and Others and lately occupied by Alexan-
der Fountain This tract may be con venient-
ly divided into desirable building lots.
TERMS:-Ca sufficient to pay costs of sale
and all unpaid costs of suit, and as to the resi-
due. on credit of six, twelve, eighteen and
twenty four months in equal instailments the
puschaser giving bonds with approved persons
al security. bearing interest from day ~ sale.
for the deferred payments, arG i'ie 81 res
taIned as ultimate security.
LEWIS NJ. BUMGAHDSE
Com .sslone7>
e. NJ. Cushing & Son. Auctioneeis.
IL. N. Ryan, Clerk of the Circuit Court of
Augusta county. do certify that Lewis M
Bumgardner Commissioner, appointed in the
foregoing cause. has duly executed the bond
required according to law. Given under my
hand this 9th day of September, 1887.
sept 2S-4t JOS. N. RYAN, Clerk.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05
VIRGINIA FArRs.-TheVirginia Fairs yet

VIRGINIA FA1Rs.-TheVirginia Fairs vel
to be held will be at the following dates:-
Wytheville, October 5. 6 and z.
Fincastle, October 4. 5. and 7.
Scottsville, October 5, 6 and7.
Woodstock, October a, 5. and z.
Lexington, October II, 10, 10 and IA.
Winchester, October II. 10. 10 and IA.
Petersburg, (colored) October 10, 13, IA
and Is.
Lynchburg. October IS, 10, 90 and 81.
Staunton, October 1e. 10, 20 and 81.
Richmond, October &C., 81 and %.
Danville, Tobacco Fair, November "a, %
and 26.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05

ANOTHER CoTToN MILL.-rhe remarka-
BILE success attending the operation of the
cotton mill at Griffin. Ca, has inspired the
forming of company, with 100000 CAPT
tai, to start another mill. Griffin is in the
heart of a fine cotton-growing section. and
is rapidly becomir a manufacturing City.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05

Two aged ladies, Mrs. Susan Bell and
her sister-in-law, Mrs. E. W. Henderson,
were killed near Columbus, Ohio, Friday
evening by train while crossing the rail-
road track in buggy.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05

In fire in cheap lodging house in De-
troit, Saturday morning, an unknown man
and man named Stroh were burned to
death and a man named Charles Petersen
was probably fatally injured.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05

Mrs. W. w. Woolsey, wife Of wealthy
planter of Aiken, s. c., fell from third
story window of DR.. Spier's medical insti-
tute in Brooklyn, N. Y, Sunday, and died
few hours later.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05
The Lynchburg Aduance saws :.

esQur friend Col. Charles T. O'Ferrall ID
making the welkin ring in Southwest Vir-
GINA, and is rafting up the dry bones Of
radicalism by his enthusiasm and eloquencp.
That is the way to do it.''
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05

Saturday Mrs. VIM. Wright of New
Castle, Ind, gave premature birth to -four
children. To ado to this record Mrs
Wright had previously given birth to five
pairs of twins, making fourteen children at
six births.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05

nOnaShe's Ex'Or., w. W., VS.. Bona
IL Gne's widow, w. VITO Lockhart
Gray, Margaret Q. Gray. Mary Donaghe. Mary
B. Mauzy, - Hutchsson and Florence, his
wife. Virginia B. Donaghe, Meade F. White
and Ellie. his wifs. Mary B. NARROW, Annie G.
Donaghe. Edward Donaghe. and VIM. Donag-
he White,-Notice is hereby given that on the
Court of Augusta county application will be
made to said court, in accordance with the
prayer of the petition of II. J. Gray and An
ME E. Gray, his wife. Douglas Gray, Virginia
D. Gray, William D. Gray, Benjamin ]. Gray,
aud Mary B. Gray, for the amount of the trust
fund in said cause of Donaghes Ex'ors VS..
Donaghe's widow, due to Annie E. Gray and
her children, to be removed to the State of
California, in which State said petitioners re-
side,
II. ]. GRAY and
ANNIE E. GRAY. his wife, and ais,
oct sat by counsel
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05
The Prohibition Platform

The Prohibition Convention which recent
~ assembled in Staunton, put forth a plat
form of which the following is synopsis:
We omit the synopsis, having published
the platform in full.
This is proclaimed to be the platform of
the "new party" which is said to be intend.
ed to subserve the cause of temperance and
antagonize both Of the two existing political
parties.
And what conglomerated platform of
generalities it isl
For instance, what has the question of the
Estate debt" to do with prohibition or tenn
perance? Or what has Immigration or the
"Blair BILL" or ''railroad discrimination"
orpublic land grants" to do with the cause
which they profess to 80 ardently espouse?
Why did they not also add the tariff ques-
ton, high or low; the mixed school ques-
ton, the socialistic or free property ques-
ton; woman suffrage, or in fact every
other ism now afloat ia the land?
The whole effect of their platform and
creed will be to seriously damage their
cause with both of the other parties and
render their s'new party" movement dead
failure. In fact when 'tone-idea" party,
which the temperance party is, or ought to
be, undertakes to mix up all the politics
and issues of the day as part of their
creed, it is very evident to sensible people
of all parties that the authors of such a
movement are not honest in what they pro-
fess to be engaged and that they really have
other and Interior objects in view with
which temperance or prohibition has no
connection whatever.
If this new movement has any success at
all in parties or politics in Virginia it will
simply be one of two things. It will either
divert from the democratic party enough of
voters in an election to give victory to the
republicans in certain localities, Or they
will eventually form coalition with the
Malone party and make the State Republi-
can.
That is the bone and marrow of the
whole 'snew party" movement, SO called,
and there is no Disgusting the fact. The
friends of such scheme are enemies of the
democratic party Advance.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05
A WiId-G0Ose Chase.
The Lynchburg Virginidn, in speaking
of the Prohibition party, says -

The Lynchburg Virginidn, in speaking
of the Prohibition party, says -
1.-THE unwisdom Of the movement at this
political junetpre, when the two principal
parties are engaged in close and arduous
struggle, the issue of which is of national
Importance, was manifest from its incipi.
ency, and is more clearly shown by the
fact that it has hardly taken shape in any
locality outside of the county where it
originated. It was mistake which the
real friends of temperance should make
haste to remedy in the interest Of the future
success OF their eause which may be seri'
ously jeopardized by this premature, dis
jointed and badly concerted canvass. Ger
tainly the present movement cannot posi-
bly, result in any decisive advantage, and
may degenerate INFO complete 6asco. =
This surely would not lie calculated 10 help
the cause. The third party will inevitably
be strongly squeezed" by the two regu:
lar organizations, and made to appear weak
when it really possesses positive elements
of strength, together with great moral
force and influence.
The policy of the Prohibitionists, if they
have political policy, is plainly to post
pone fight ON their cardinal issue unit
such time as it can be squarely presented
on its merits and divorced from other polit
ical questions, and to this end the best steI
they can take is to abandon the present
farcical and spasmodic effort to make it al
''entering wedge" which is doomed tt
failure in advance, AS it is. the Frohibi
ton campaign (?) is a sort Of wild-goose
chase"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05

What can any honest man, who expects
to live by his labor. and who is not willing
to sell himself, see in the Republican party
or it's past legislation, to demand bis sup.
port Whitehead's Democrat.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05

The condemned Anarchist Parsons gives
utteraaoa 20 the following sentiment in a
letter written to that other crank, George
Francis Tain:
Damned be the state! say l.; and for this
'sthe state says I must die! So be it. For
if live am in duty bound to kill the
state.
Well, the state deseryea to he damned, if
after this ltpermits Parsons to live.-|nder-
Appeal
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05

The platform of the Virginia prohibi
tionisls is as rolyglot production as Jo-
seph' s cost Anything and everything that
could pos bly, have any public interest has
been ra.s .. together and thrown pronisoa.
ously '..iu cheap. '-Ender- appeal.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05

The Local Option Executive CoEnnittee
of Loudoun county, after full discussion,
decided not to nominate temperance can
didate for the House of Delegates /; SO also
did the Rockbridge Executive Committee.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05

Hon. Samuel J. Randall has accepted an
invitation to be present and opeu the great
Piedmont exposition at Atlanta, Ca, Oeto-
Der 10.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-05

We were glad to see on the street yes
terday, NJ ]. Absalom Coiner, the distin-
guished Senator from Augusta, looking as
hale and hearty as if score or so of years
in the legislative service of his people had
detracted nothing from his strength and
youthfulaess sinca he Used to teach our
s.young i,'r a" how to piously shoot in SUM-
day scilool, more years ago than either we
or he would like to say.-Charlottesville
Chronicle